Muffler.



PATENTED JAN/20, 1903.

W. SCHEUER.

MUFFLER.

APPLICATION FILED PB B. 1o, 1902.

Z'SHEETS-SHEBT 1.

No MODEL.

Wl'l'nesswf- PATENTED JAN? zo, 190s..

W. SGHBUER.

MUFFLER.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 1o, 1902.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

H0 MODEL.

Wz'zznesses:

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Minn *rains Amanti Prion.

WILLIAM SCHEUER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MUFFLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,730, dated January 20, 1903.

Application filed February 10, 1902. Serial No. 93,323. (No model.)

T0 all whom, t Wtrty concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SoHnUnR, rosiding in the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Made- Up Mufflers, of which the following is a speciication.

The present invention relates to made-up mufflers; and it consists in the peculiar construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a front perspective view of my improved muier, illustrating vthe position it occupies when adjusted in position. Fig.'2 is an inverted view of said muffler. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a part of the improved article, the section being taken in the plane indicated by the broken line 3 8 in said Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a somewhat similar view taken in the plane indicated by the broken line I It, Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several iigures of the drawings where they occur.

The major part of the article is presented by a section of silk or other attractive material of a size adapted to provide the neck portion A and free extended aprons B C. That part of the section which is to form the neck portion is of such Width that when turned to embody the upper and inner folds, which are longitudinally seamed together at their contiguous edges, a neck portion of the proper height will be provided and comprising inner and outer thicknesses a' a2 of the material.

Adjacent to the point where the neck portion A merges into the aprons B C and where the contiguous edges of the folds or inner thicknesses o/ diverge is a gore or dart section D, preferably of the same material, spanning and stitched to such edge portions to maintain the same in their diverged relation and impart to the aprons a desirable spreading effect.

Introduced within the neck portion between the inner and outer thicknesses is an extended section E, of Woolen cloth or other fabric, which, while possessing suiicient thickness to contribute warmth for such portion and also maintain the set of the same, will be of sufficiently soft and yielding quality to readily adapt itself to the neck movementswithoutdiscomfort tothewearer. The upper edge part e of this section throughout its length is turned upon and stitched to the section E to form a longitudinal pocket closely adjacent to the upper edge of the portion A and receiving a flat extended spring F, bent to conform to and maintain such neck portion in a position or set that will secure the complex curves highly desirable in this connection. The shape and configuration of the spring are such that the stitched-silk section and its filling-piece are caused to present an article continuous from end to end and permanently possessing the characteristics of a folded and adjusted muffler, its Wide faces at the rear and sides of the wearers neck being approximately vertical, While the remaining portions of the article merge by gradual curvature to a more nearly horizontal position to overlap or cross at the front. The length and resiliency of the spring F are such that said spring While yielding readily to permit the spreading of the neck portion A and its application to the neck Will, when released, automatically cause said portion to contract to conform to the neck and secure a set for the article at this point that will, besides being attractively disposed, afford an efficient protection for said neck. With the parts conditioned as last described it will be seen that the spring in its closed position has its end portions f overlapping each other, thereby serving to normally and conformably retain the neck portion properly closed at the front.

The connection of the filling-section E with the spring F not only tends to maintain the spring in its position in the upper part of the neck portion A, but the said spring in turn serves as an anchoring medium for holding the filling-section in proper position, thereby preventing the collapse of the neck portion that would result should such section become displaced.

Endwise shifting of the filling-piece E is avoided by making it of such length that its terminal parts extend adjacent to the free edges of the gores or darts D, so that the same stitching a3 that attaches the latter to the inner folds a' will also secure the llingpiece at these points.

A further and highly-important advantage attending the connection of the filling-piece IOO E with the spring F is that the upper turn e, forming the pocket, forms an interposed pad between the upper marginal part of the facing material and the spring and presents a nicely-rounded cushioned margin thereat, affording extremely-comfortable contact with the neck of the wearer.

In applying the improved muiiier the coat and its collar are turned back, as in the case or ordinary mufllers, and the neck portion is then distended, so that it can automatically clasp the neck and close at the front thereof at the throat, the aprons then properly disposed upon the chest, and the coat and its collar then restored to overlap the base of the portion A and the aprons, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. I.

When not worn, the fabric of the article can be folded compactly against the spring F, so that the whole will be comparatively fiat and capable of being conveniently carried in the pocket, the several folds of the article softening any hard effect of the spring of which the wearer might be otherwise sensible.

The spring F may be of metal, featherbone, or other material that is susceptible of the required shape and resiliency.

From the foregoing description it will be appreciated that au article embodying my invention is highly useful, extremely artistic, and is comparatively simple and inexpensive.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The within-describedmuffler comprising a vertically-flat neck portion continuous from end to end, a fiat filling-piece E of stiifer but still yielding fabric within and combined with the neck portion to leave the free end aprons, said filling-piece folded at its upper edge t0 form a pocket, and a spring of the character described secured positively Within the fillin g-piece pocket, and along the ends to stien the marginal parts relative to the lower and more flexible parts of the neck portion andl filling-piece and also contribute to form an upper rounded padded edge, said spring conigurated to cause the marginal part of the neck portion to intimately clasp the wearers neck and maintain the Wide faces of the rear and sides of the neck portion and its iillingpiece approximately vertical.

2. The within-described muiiier comprising a folded and stitched section, presenting a vertically-flat neck portion with diverging edges merging into aprons, gore-sections D secured at said edges, a fiat iilling-piece E of stiffer but still yielding fabric within the neck portion folded at its upper edge to form a pocket, and a spring vertically iat in crosssection, secured within said pocket to stiiien the marginal parts relative to the lower and more flexible parts of the neck portion and filling-piece and also contribute to present an upper rounded padded edge, said spring configurated to cause the marginal part of the neck portion to intimately clasp the Wearers neck and maintain the wide faces of the rear and sides of the neck portion and its fillingpiece approximately vertical.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM SCHEUER.

Witn esses:

J. RosENTHAL, MAX RosENTHAL. 

